Where is the VC backup located when using Autosave in RS 2022?

RobotStudio
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Hi
I have RobotStudio 2022.2.1 and had a system failure on my VC.
My only hope to recover some background task is the Autosave fuction but I can’t find any backup files in my project folders.
In options->AutoSave it looks like VC backup is enabled.
/David

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Also when station is saved by me, I can see that RS is doing controller backup. But I can’t find the backup in any folder.

Not in “…\RobotStudio\Backups”

Not in “…\RobotStudio\Projects\Project1\Virtual Controllers\BACKUP”

Does anyone know?

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Seems like the controller backup stopped working when RS went from Solutions to Projects.

In an old RS solution I can find the controller backup in “…\RobotStudio\Solutions\Solution 1\Backups”

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Hello Newman,

So I did some digging and these are my findings (in RobotStudio 2022.3):

  • RAPID code is backed up to "%localappdata%\Temp\RobotStudio"
    It only saves the un-applied changes made in the editor. As soon as you hit Apply, the “backup” is removed.

  • The autosave of the station and station files does not work. (It looks like it does, but it doesn’t.)

  • Automatic backup of controllers does not work.

  • If you manually save the project, a backup of the controller is made and placed in “…\RobotStudio\Projects\Project1\Controller Data”

I will speak to R&D regarding these issues with autosave.

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Thanks! I found the backups from save project in the “Controller Data” folder as you said.

Let’s hope that autosave will be fixed too.

/David

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David, are you saying that the backups of VC’s work? Do you have multiple version of your VC in Controller Data?

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No, only one backups folder per robot controller.

I have three robot controllers in my current project so therefore three folders.

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Alright, thanks.